Share/Save – Beldini Appeal: The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is considering whether Leona Beldini, the former Jersey City deputy mayor convicted of federal bribery charges after being rounded up in the massive 2009 money laundering and corruption “Bid Rig” sting, got an unfair trial because her jury got flawed instructions from the trial [...]
Share/Save- Spending Guidelines for Abbott $ Lacking: Jersey City and the other 30 former Abbott districts know a windfall is coming their way, their share of the $447 million in aid awarded by the state Supreme Court in its latest ruling in the epic Abbott v. Burke case. They even know, thanks to fairly accurate [...]
Share/Save- Corruption: The corruption trial of former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell began yesterday in federal court in Newark, with prosecutors alleging that Elwell knew he was accepting bribes, and not campaign contributions, from a confidential informant. Meanwhile, government informant Solomon Dwek has been arrested on car theft charges in Baltimore. – Doc Indicted in Murder [...]
Share/Save- Gun Buyback Program: Jersey City initiated its first weapons-buyback program since 2005 Sunday, with city ministers reaching out to their congregations on Father’s Day for donations to help fund the program. – JCDO: The Insider delves into the Jersey City Democratic Organization “takeover” and discusses what it may mean for the 2013 mayoral election. [...]
Share/Save- Petersen’s Pension: Atlantic City Public Safety Director Christine Petersen owes the state about $105,000 in pension payments she was not entitled to receive, the state pension board ruled Monday. Petersen received the pension money when she retired from the Jersey City Police Department in 2010. – Corruption: In direct violation of a court order, [...]
Share/Save- School Funding: The cost for the state to comply with the Supreme Court’s latest Abbott v. Burke ruling may have just come down $50 million or so, as the Office of Legislative Services (OLS) sent a letter yesterday to the Senate and Assembly budget committees that revised its original estimate from just shy of [...]
Share/Save- JC’s State Aid App Rejected: Jersey City’s rejected application for state aid contained “inaccurate” information that the state found “troublesome,” according to a state official. – HudCo Can’t Collect $ from State: The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that Hudson County can’t collect millions of dollars it claims the state owes for housing [...]
Share/Save- Waterfront Access Rules: New Jersey might redo its proposed waterfront access rules to more clearly spell out the public’s right to reach the waterfront, a top environmental official said yesterday as several in a crowd of hundreds gathered at a public hearing likened the proposal to segregation-era racial politics. Environmental groups have warned that [...]
Share/Save- Goya Looks to Build Huge Facility in JC: Secaucus-based Goya Foods Inc., the nation’s largest Hispanic food company, is looking to build a more than 500,000-square-foot distribution center just over the town’s border in Jersey City. – JC Man Found Not Guilty in LSP Light Rail Killing: The 27-year-old Elgin Louis Taylor Jr. has [...]
Share/SaveDear Editor: On Monday, May 23, 2011, I appeared before the Jersey City Municipal Council to ask that a resolution to eliminate the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (JCEDC) sponsored by councilman Fulop and councilwoman Lopez either be withdrawn or voted down because it would not save the city any money nor streamline services; in [...]
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